Fruhlein Econar

Writer & Photographer

Fruhlein is the former Features Editor at GRID and is currently based in New York. has a mole at the sole of her foot, hence the inability to stay still in once place. She keeps her sanity intact by meticulously planning out her next exit strategy, delusionally hoping to balance a career in photography, magazines, and academia. Will fly anywhere in a heartbeat to write and/or photograph.

http://www.fruhlein.com/
Uncovering the case of the missing siling labuyo.
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Some Like It Hot

Uncovering the case of the missing siling labuyo.

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Some Like It Hot

Uncovering the case of the missing siling labuyo.

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Why you should befriend the concierge, and other lessons from a life on the go.
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Stories from a Hotel Room

Why you should befriend the concierge, and other lessons from a life on the go.

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Renowned designer Patis Tesoro speaks to us about the artist life, and how it’s led her out of the metro.
Interview

Patis Tesoro On Carving A Life Outside The City

Renowned designer Patis Tesoro speaks to us about the artist life, and how it’s led her out of the metro.

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The soul of Makati’s Poblacion is fired by entrepreneurs and small businesses; what happens when the night out ends?
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The End of the Night Out

The soul of Makati’s Poblacion is fired by entrepreneurs and small businesses; what happens when the night out ends?

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We talk to photojournalist Martin San Diego about his experience working in the Bangsamoro region, and what he’s learned from the new generation of Moro youth finding their place in the world.
Interview

Images From Bangsamoro with Martin San Diego

We talk to photojournalist Martin San Diego about his experience working in the Bangsamoro region, and what he’s learned from the new generation of Moro youth finding their place in the world.

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Can we still earn our tattoos? A trip to Buscalan offers a closer look at traditional tattoo culture and the legendary Kalinga mambabatok Whang-od.
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Whang-od Loves Coco Martin

Can we still earn our tattoos? A trip to Buscalan offers a closer look at traditional tattoo culture and the legendary Kalinga mambabatok Whang-od.

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The freediving communities in Anilao, Cebu, and Panglao reveal the growing popularity of a sport that is as extreme as it is beautiful.
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Between Two Breaths

The freediving communities in Anilao, Cebu, and Panglao reveal the growing popularity of a sport that is as extreme as it is beautiful.

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The story of the Philippine Wrestling Revolution begins and ends with a group of wrestling fans.
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The Wrestling Revolution

The story of the Philippine Wrestling Revolution begins and ends with a group of wrestling fans.

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Waves for Water Philippines is bucking old notions of the NGO and volunteer experience, one filter at a time.
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Making Waves

Waves for Water Philippines is bucking old notions of the NGO and volunteer experience, one filter at a time.

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Charisse Aquino Tugade goes with ANTHILL Fabric Gallery to see their work—and the lives they touched—in one of their partner communities in Abra.
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The Way of the Weave

Charisse Aquino Tugade goes with ANTHILL Fabric Gallery to see their work—and the lives they touched—in one of their partner communities in Abra.

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A writer returns to a familiar place with new questions, including one that has been on the mind of the rest of the country.
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The Mayor's City

A writer returns to a familiar place with new questions, including one that has been on the mind of the rest of the country.

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Barangay Poblacion, the red light district of the Makati CBD, has been reborn as the city’s most interesting neighborhood.
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Poblacion Reinvention

Barangay Poblacion, the red light district of the Makati CBD, has been reborn as the city’s most interesting neighborhood.

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At the Mountain’s Underbelly

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This August 16 to 20, join Jacob Maentz and his team at the Homelands exhibition and book launch in Manila for talks honoring the Indigenous peoples of the archipelago.
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Photographing Indigenous Landscapes with Jacob Maentz

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